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Panorama of the Milky Way and Aurora (Feb 9, 2024)
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This is a panorama of a dim but colourful aurora with red curtains obvious to the camera as well as green fragments and tints of yellow, arcing across the northern sky.
This was from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, near Churchill, Manitoba, on February 9, 2024. The Kp Index was only Kp1 this night, but in Churchill that still produces a fine display, though with not a lot of activity, motion and structure. Our group of aurora tourists as well as members of the EarthWatch group are out enjoying the show from the upper deck and from ground level. The temperature was a mild -15º C to -20° C this night, warm for Churchill in mid-winter. Yet we had clear skies, contrary to the forecast.
At left is Orion and the winter stars setting, with the winter Milky Way also arching across the sky from left to right into the arc of aurora. Cassiopeia is above the deck. Vega is right of centre above the trees; Arcturus is higher at right.
This is a panorama of 8 segments, each 20 seconds with the Venus Optics Laowa 15mm lens at f/2 on the Canon R6 at ISO 1600. Stitched in Adobe Camera Raw, with sky and ground masks applied to the final stitched DNG file.
This was from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, near Churchill, Manitoba, on February 9, 2024. The Kp Index was only Kp1 this night, but in Churchill that still produces a fine display, though with not a lot of activity, motion and structure. Our group of aurora tourists as well as members of the EarthWatch group are out enjoying the show from the upper deck and from ground level. The temperature was a mild -15º C to -20° C this night, warm for Churchill in mid-winter. Yet we had clear skies, contrary to the forecast.
At left is Orion and the winter stars setting, with the winter Milky Way also arching across the sky from left to right into the arc of aurora. Cassiopeia is above the deck. Vega is right of centre above the trees; Arcturus is higher at right.
This is a panorama of 8 segments, each 20 seconds with the Venus Optics Laowa 15mm lens at f/2 on the Canon R6 at ISO 1600. Stitched in Adobe Camera Raw, with sky and ground masks applied to the final stitched DNG file.
